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Lundy is the largest island in the Bristol Channel. It lies off the coast of Devon, England, about a third of the distance across the channel from Devon, England to South Wales. Lundy gives its name to a British sea area and is one of the islands of England.〔Collyer, Peter (1998) ''Rain Later, Good: illustrating the Shipping Forecast''. Bradford on Avon: Thomas Reed ISBN 0-901281-33-6〕 Lundy has been designated by Natural England as national character area 159, one of England's natural regions.〔(''NCA 159:Lundy - Key Facts and Data'' ) at www.naturalengland.org. Accessed on 8 September 2013〕 In 2007, Lundy had a resident population of 28 people, including volunteers. These include a warden, ranger, island manager and farmer, as well as bar and house-keeping staff. Most live in and around the village at the south of the island. Most visitors are day-trippers, although there are 23 holiday properties and a camp site for staying visitors, mostly also around the south of the island. In a 2005 opinion poll of ''Radio Times'' readers, Lundy was named as Britain's tenth greatest natural wonder. The entire island has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and it was England's first statutory Marine Nature reserve, and the first Marine Conservation Zone,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/marine/mpa/lundy.aspx )〕 because of its unique flora and fauna.〔 It is managed by the Landmark Trust on behalf of the National Trust. ==History== The name Lundy is believed to come from the old Norse word for "puffin island" (Lundey), ''lundi'' being the Norse word for a puffin and ''ey'', an island,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Puffin Island )〕 although an alternative explanation has been suggested with Lund referring to a copse, or wooded area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meaning of lundey )〕 Lundy has evidence of visitation or occupation from the Neolithic period onward, with Mesolithic flintwork, Bronze Age burial mounds, four inscribed gravestones from the early medieval period,〔See the discussion and bibliography in Elisabeth Okasha, ''Corpus of early Christian inscribed stones of South-west Britain'' (Leicester: University Press, 1993), pp. 154-166〕〔Lundy Field Society 40th Annual Report for 1989. Pp. 34 - 47.〕 and an early medieval monastery (possibly dedicated to St Elen or St Helen). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lundy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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